Backwoods Town

Survival sandbox with farming, base building, and a forest mystery

Andrii Prots · Released Nov 24, 2023 · Early Access

Early Access, no updates for over a year

Reviews: Very Positive; 92% of 202
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 2; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Dec 4, 2024
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 950; 6 GB RAM · 2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Backwoods Town?

This single-player, top-down survival sandbox is in Early Access. You wake in an unfamiliar forest without knowing how you arrived, then explore, build a base, craft items, grow crops, fish, and fight bosses.

For you if...

+you enjoy alternating between farming, fishing, crafting, and building

Not for you if...

−you want cooperative survival rather than playing alone

What players say

92% of 202 reviews are positive

Players praise the relaxed pacing and art style. Recurring complaints concern sparse item explanations, occasional hotbar glitches, and unfinished content, with several players noting a long pause in updates.

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Backwoods Town system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 950, 6 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 or later
Processor: 2.6 GHz Quad Core or similar
Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Backwoods Town have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Backwoods Town run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 24
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch.

Does Backwoods Town use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam